Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology
ISSN 1834-4909 · SAGE Publishing · United Kingdom
Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology: CAS Zone 3 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.28; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 296 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 8% (journal website); 32 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology is published by SAGE Publishing and is in Zone 3 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cultural Differences and Values, Social and Intergroup Psychology and Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, together about 28.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cultural Differences and ValuesPsychology11.1%
- Social and Intergroup PsychologySocial Sciences9.8%
- Psychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionPsychology7.5%
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentNeuroscience7.5%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology4.9%
- Behavioral Health and InterventionsPsychology4.9%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology4.7%
- Community Health and DevelopmentHealth Professions4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 3.28LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 154OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.84OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 30LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 410 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 25 | 9 |
| 2025 | 32 | 32 | 96 |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | 202 |
| 2023 | 39 | 39 | 380 |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 | 296 |
| 2021 | 49 | 49 | 908 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
296 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports about 20 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 8%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 296 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 26 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted9, with length limits
- commentaryPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. The Journal considers the following kinds of article for p…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- correspondencePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. The Journal considers the following kinds of article for p…Length not stated
- letterPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. The Journal considers the following kinds of article for p…main text ≤ 500 words
- meta-analysisPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. The Journal considers the following kinds of article for p…Length not stated
- replicationReplication: 5,000 word limit. No reference, figure and/or table limit.main text ≤ 5,000 words
- research articlePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. The Journal considers the following kinds of article for p…main text ≤ 8,000 words
- reviewPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. The Journal considers the following kinds of article for p…main text ≤ 10,000 words
- reviews/meta-analysisReviews/Meta-analysis: 10,000 word limit. No reference, figure and/or table limit.main text ≤ 10,000 words
- short reportsShort Reports: 3,000 word limit. 20 reference limit. 5 figure and/or table limit.main text ≤ 3,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
Online-only journal Model summary
Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology is a diamond open access, peer-reviewed journal. All accepted articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, are published under a Creative Commons license, and hosted online in perpetuity. For general information on open access at Sage please visit the Open Access page.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE Publishing
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1834-4909
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology
What CAS zone is Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology is in Zone 3 of Psychology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Psychology, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.28; CiteScore 4.8, h-index 38.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology?
The publisher reports about 296 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 8%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology is indexed in SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .